A server chassis includes a casing, a motherboard, a rotatable rack and an electronic device. The rotatable rack is axially disposed inside the casing and able to rotate with respect to the casing. The rotatable rack has a plurality of insertion spaces. The electronic device is provided on one side of the rotatable rack, and a cord passage is provided between the fan module and the electronic device. The storage devices accommodated in the rotatable rack is electrically connected to the motherboard via the cord passage, thereby increasing the quantity of the storage devices and decreasing the length of the casing.
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1. A server chassis having rotatable accessing storage devices accommodated therein, comprising: a casing comprising an accommodating space, and a bottom surface of the casing being substantially disposed in a horizontal manner; a motherboard substantially disposed in the accommodating space in a horizontal manner and substantially parallel to the bottom surface; a power supply module substantially disposed in the accommodating space in a horizontal manner and arranged on a front side of the motherboard, and the power supply module electrically connected to the motherboard; a bottom plate substantially disposed in the accommodating space in a horizontal manner and fixed to the bottom surface; a rotatable rack rotatable with respect to the bottom plate, two support gussets being disposed on two ends of the rotatable rack, respectively, the rotatable rack having a plurality of sliding tracks, and a plurality of insertion spaces being provided to accommodate multiple storage devices, wherein the plurality of insertion spaces are disposed side by side between the two support gussets, and the insertion spaces are separated and defined by the plurality of sliding tracks; a fan module disposed in the accommodating space and electrically connected to the motherboard, the fan module disposed between the rotatable rack and the motherboard, and having opposite air flow openings facing the rotatable rack and the motherboard, respectively; and an electronic device disposed in the accommodating space and electrically connected to the motherboard, the electronic device disposed between the motherboard and the rotatable rack, and adjacent to the fan module, a cord passage being provided between the electronic device and the fan module; wherein the storage devices disposed in the rotatable rack are electrically connected to the motherboard via the cord passage.
2. The server chassis according to claim 1 , wherein the rotatable rack further comprises an input/output backplane; the input/output backplane comprises a plurality of data transferring ports and a power supply port; the power supply port is disposed on the same side of the casing with respect to the power supply module, and the power supply port is electrically connected to the motherboard via the cord passage.
3. The server chassis according to claim 1 , wherein a second passage is provided between one side of the rotatable rack and interior wall of the casing; the second passage is provided on the same side of the casing with respect to the power supply module.
4. The server chassis according to claim 3 further comprising a second rotatable rack, wherein the second rotatable rack is disposed on a side of the rotatable rack away from the fan module; the second rotatable rack is electrically connected to the motherboard via the second passage and the cord passage.
5. The server chassis according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of support gussets are disposed on the bottom plate for interconnecting the rotatable rack and the bottom plate, and the rotatable rack is axially disposed on the support gussets.
6. The server chassis according to claim 5 , wherein each of the support gussets is provided with a fixing hole, the bottom plate is fixed inside the casing by fixing a plurality of locking members through the fixing holes.
7. The server chassis according to claim 5 , wherein the support gusset axially connected to the rotatable rack has a block protruding inwardly toward the rotatable rack; the rotation of the rotatable rack is stopped by the block.
8. The server chassis according to claim 5 , wherein the bottom plate is further connected to a buckle seat; a convex pillar is provided on a position of the casing where the casing corresponds to the buckle seat; the rotatable rack is buckled to the convex pillar via the buckle seat and detachably provided inside the casing.
9. The server chassis according to claim 1 , wherein the rotatable rack comprises a cover plate, and the cover plate is provided with a holding hole.
10. The server chassis according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is any one of a fan or a storage device.
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November 25, 2014
October 11, 2016
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